Almond Snowballs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup softened butter
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
4 ounces packages almond paste
edible glitter or coarse sugar crystals
For the Almond Frosting mix until smooth
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
4 -5 teaspoons milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Beat or mix together flour, butter, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
Cut the almond paste into 1/2-inch slices, then cut slices into 1/4ths.
Shape 1-inch ball of cookie dough around each piece of almond paste; roll gently and form a ball.
Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until bottoms of cookies are golden brown.
Remove to a wire rack.
Cool for 30 minutes; dip tops into Almond Frosting, then into glitter or coarse sugar.